jpdb beta

pill; birth-control pill; oral contraceptive; the pill

1

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

10

offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding

2

reset; fresh start; new beginning

1

pebble

2

preliminary test or trial; tryout

1

to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet

3

to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off

1

law of inertia

1

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

1

fatal; deadly; mortal

2

distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination

1

floorboard

2

hemisphere

1

to cut through (with a road, tunnel, or canal)

1

that's a different matter; that's a different story

5

shooting down (aircraft)

1

stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project

1

consists of; comprises; is made up of

1

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

4

marker

6

netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe

1

pale fiery light seen in the fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp

24

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

40

tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry

2

fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

15

mucous membrane

1

magma

1

dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

4

growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation

1

autonomous; autonomic; self-sustaining; self-directed

4

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

2

stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)

1

spore

13

pollen

2

atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity

17

ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging

2

seed; pit

3

caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)

1

moth

1

larva; grub; maggot

1

medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

5

increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation

6

to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

6

large quantity; large amount

3

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

2

rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion

8

large-scale

1